One outcome of the Second International Mokuhanga Conference Tokyo 2014, was to establish an international exchange relationship between printmedia workshops and residencies. Victorian College of the Arts extended an invitation to MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory), to host fragile story, an exhibition based on the idea that today’s society, which should have a strong sense of wisdom and reason built through history, is inherently unstable. Continue Reading »

Louise Hearman won the 2016 Archibald Prize with her hyper-real portrait of iconic Australian Barry Humphries. The Ken Family Collaborative (Tjungkara Ken, Yaritji Young, Maringka Tunkin, Freda Brady and Sandra Ken) has won the Wynne Prize, while Esther Stewart has taken out the Sulman Prize.

Marina Prior, one of Australia’s greatest leading ladies, has performed over twenty leading roles in her musical theatre career, starring in such much-loved shows as The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Les Misérables, Guys and Dolls and Mary Poppins. She is currently starring as Baroness Schraeder in the Australian tour of The Sound of Music.

Mark Vincent is a prodigious singing talent, with legions of fans nationwide after winning Australia’s Got Talent at the age of 15. Now 22, Mark has six albums under his belt, with over 500,000 plus sales in Australia alone, making him a multi-platinum artist. He recently starred on stage in the highly acclaimed musical Dirty Dancing, and is making a name for himself in Australian opera and musical theatre. Continue Reading »